THE government took a laudable decision in the year 2016 to introduce and operate one driving course at technical training centre in each district. It was long overdue as Bangladesh particularly needs trained vehicle drivers for long distance travel along its highways to minimise fatal accidents. The Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges requested the Ministry of Education to introduce a 360-hour basic motor driving course. Accordingly Bangladesh Technical Education Board instructed 64 technical schools and colleges in 64 districts to introduce basic trade course on motor driving training. But the decision is yet to be implemented. I would like to request the Technical Education Board to include the following in its curriculum for driving course:
(a) driving a vehicle,
(b) traffic rules and regulations,
(c) preliminary knowledge on automobile parts,
(d) personal, family and social consequences of accident and
(e) spoken English.
Twenty one people lost their lives in two tragic road accidents in the first week of February. An English daily reported that road accidents alone cost Bangladesh one to two per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP), a study had revealed. The study mentioned that road mishaps claimed 3,137 lives, on an average, annually between 2002 and 2012. About 5,162 people were killed in road accidents in 2013 alone as revealed by Nirapad Sarak Chai, a movement to for road safety. The road accidents could be significantly reduced if we had properly trained vehicle drivers. A portion of trained drivers will be able to go abroad and earn foreign exchange for their families and the country.
Against this backdrop, I would like to see the implementation of the decision on introduction of driving course at technical training centres.
Md. Ashraf Hossain
120 Central Bashabo, Dhaka-1214.
[email protected]
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